Re: psql \d* and system objects - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: psql \d* and system objects
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Msg-id 603c8f070903300725i50714c15wf0e8056c47e2139d@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: psql \d* and system objects  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: psql \d* and system objects  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> Maybe the best we are going to do is to have any pattern supplied to \d*
> assume 'S' (include system objects).  I actually have a patch that does
> that, attached. (It is from January so might need adjustment.)

That still has the problem that "\df a*" is horribly inconsistent with
"\df".  It might be reasonable to assume that if a name without
wildcards is given to any \d command, it should display whatever
object it finds, user or system - but I can't see doing it for any
wildcard at all.

...Robert


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